Famous Deaths In 1787

Jan 01 Arthur Middleton, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Feb 12 Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 13 In the year 1787 death of ruÄ‘er BoÅ¡ković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711)  

Mar 02 Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 11 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Apr 01 Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) died in the year 1787.  

Apr 02 On this day in history death of thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)  

May 10 William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715) died in the year 1787.  

May 13 Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

May 28 In the year 1787 johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67  

Jun 20 On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63  

Jul 04 Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 in the year 1787.  

Aug 01 Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Aug 13 In the year 1787 isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies  

Oct 05 Thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44 on this day in history.  

Oct 07 On this day in history death of henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)  

Oct 30 On this day in history ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat, dies at 58  

Nov 03 Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710) died in the year 1787.  

Nov 15 Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, composer (Iphigénie Tauride), dies at 73 in the year 1787.  

Nov 23 On this day in history anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52  

Dec 18 Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) died on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1787 birth of john Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Bohner, composer  

Jan 13 John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854) was born in the year 1787.  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of james P Carrell, composer  

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer  

Feb 23 On this day in history birth of emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)  

Mar 06 Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum) was born in the year 1787.  

Mar 08 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery was born on this day in history.